The secret of nails, true works of art, by Alcione

In March last year, it was successful in the networks a video in which Alcione falls in a kind of “prank” of her producer, Carlos Fernando Marão. He posted images of the singer behind the scenes while she had her nails painted. Marão invented a certain restriction on enamel color for specific work.

“You can’t be in gold. Next week there are some photos and they asked to be nude or french,” he said. For what. Alcione than ever, she closed her face and replied, “I am there a woman of Francesinha, p ****,” he countered. “It’s recording,” he replied, laughing. “Nude is OC*. Am I nude woman?” The singer, who is admittedly obsessed with her nails, always long, impeccable and in extravagant tones.

Who appears in the video with Alcione is Ana Paula Villar, 49, manicure of the singer since 2018. She has almost 2 million subscribers on her YouTube channel and 850 thousand followers on Instagram, where she performs: “First Manicure Influencer of Brazil”. It also informs that it has “over 40 thousand students in the world”.

The professional, who was an accounting assistant in an office, street vendor, made cakes for order and sold lunch boxes, started in his career 20 years ago, making his nails of friends. He saw that he was going, and in Boca to Boca, he became one of the most sought after manicures of Honório Gurgel, in the north of Rio de Janeiro.

The business grew and she found herself with a full schedule, especially after she started posting on social networks. His work as an influencer and beauty businessman has become a priority, and personally attending how he did it before is already an activity that does not fit his routine. But for Alcione she always finds a way. “Oh me if I don’t answer, right? (Laughs). She fights, it’s bad. Brown is a idola partner and a very dear friend, “he says.

She tells details about the singer’s nails. On the day of the video, the one of the game with the “nude”, Ana Paula made details in V with gold, white, stolen and pebbles. The ring finger nail was made as a “only daughter”, different from the others, with white zero print decoration.

As it turns out, it gives you a work to reach the Alcione standard. They are on average two hours to change the glass fibers every two months and one hour to perform weekly maintenance. “She likes a lot of shine, bold colors. It’s not a nude woman.

Brown, the color of the nail polish, the singer also does not like at all. White is always avoided, as are “lace”, baby pink, and all shades of beige. There was an exception, however. “The clearest color I used was a soft pink when she represented Our Lady at the Mangueira parade at the 2020 Carnival.”

Ana Paula says that Alcione was not her first famous client. It all started with actress Roberta Rodrigues, at the time of the soap opera “Salve Jorge” (2012). Then she served singer Gretchen (she didn’t continue as a client because she lives far from Rio), as well as the influencers Evelyn Regly and Raka Minelli. “The problem with having famous customers was such a conflict of agendas. It was a lot of confusion,” he jokes.

Making beautiful and well -crafted nails became easier over time, recognizes. He says the cosmetics industry is very advanced and currently there is a huge range of acrylic brushes and paints for nail polish designs. “When I started drawing, I used even watersheds, but it was very beautiful and caught the eye. Things evolved and even the name of our work changed, turned nail art,” he says.